Discovery Channel Takes Viewers Inside A Jet Crash

Discovery Channel has crashed a 170 passenger-capacity Boeing 727 plane into the Mexican desert - for a new show called Curiosity. Nobody was hurt in the staged crash, and the jet was packed with crash test dummies.Cameras were placed inside the plane, on the ground and from the ejecting pilot's helmet to get footage for the programme, which investigates how to make plane crashes "more survivable",

This study could improve aviation safety, just as automotive crash-test dummies have for decades led to safer cars and fewer fatalities on the road. Scientists plan to mine the test results for at least a decade,